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UNITED STATES PATENTS OFFICE.

JOHN G. SORUP, OF TIFFIN, OHIO.

VEHICLE-TIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.'648,53'7, dated May 1,1900. Application filed March 26, 19 00. Seria1No.10,238. (no model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN G. SORUP, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Tiflin, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Vehicle-Tires, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a means of securing a rubbertire to a vehiclewheel by a series of metal peripheral clamps and boltsand so constructed that in event of accident to the tire it may bequickly removed and the injured portion replaced with a new section ofrubber, thus saving the greater portion of the tire. I attain thisobject by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a vertical section of part of a wheel, showing themeans of fastening the rubber tire to the rim of the wheel and theconnection of two of the peripheral clamps. Fig. 2 is a cross-section ofthe wood felly, the steel rim, and rubber, showing the peripheral clampand bolt. Fig. 3 is a plan view of part of the wheel with part of therubber tire cut away to show the peripheral clamp and bolt.

Fig. 4 is a partial side view of one of the peripheral clamps with partof the side cut away to show the internal lugs placed there to preventthe clamp-bolt from turning. Fig. 5 is another partial side view of oneof the peripheral clamps. Fig. 6 is a bottom view of one of theperipheral clamps. Fig. 7 shows the clamp-bolts. Fig. 8 is a partialside elevation of the rubber tire. Fig. 9 is a crosssection of therubber tire, and Fig. 10 is an inverted plan view of the tire.

Similar letters refer to similar parts th roughout the several views.

The rubber. tire O is made of two or more sections having a longitudinalcored hole 0" running through them slightly below the center for thereception of the peripheral clamps D and three or more rectangular coredopenings m through the bottom into the longitudinal cored hole r toallowthe clamp-bo1ts E to be inserted into the peripheral clamps D. Theperipheral clamps D are made in two or more sections to correspond withthe tire 0, having one end y reduced so as to be inserted into the largeend Z of the next clamp, as shown in Fig. 1.

D are joined together by having their male ends 3 inserted into thefemale ends Z they form a perfect circular or peripheral clamp insidethe entire rubber tire O.

In the bottom of the peripheral clamps D are three or more rectangularopenings a, corresponding with the rectangular cored holes a; in thebottom of the rubber tire O for the admission of the clam p-bolts E andso con structed that the rectangular head of the bolt E, which isreduced on two opposite sides to the diameter of thebolt, can beinserted, and when given a quarter-turn the projecting portion of therectangular bolt-head will be brought to bear upon the inside of theperipheral clamps D, thus clamping the rubber tire C securely to thewheel.

Projecting lugs a (.2 upon the inside of the peripheral clamps D andlocated at opposite sides of the rectangular opening w are to preventthe rectangular head of bolt E from turnv D to project from the otherend of the section of rubber 0. Then by placing the several sections ofthe rubber tire O, with their peripheral clamps D, around the rim B onfelly A of the wheel and inserting the male ends y of the peripheralclamps D into the female ends Z I have a continuous rubber tirepractically solid. I next take the clamp-bolts E, which have previouslybeen placed through the rim B and fellyA of the wheel, and raise theirrectangular heads up through the rectangular hole 00 in the rubber tireC and rectangular hole a in peripheral clamps D and give them aquarter-turn, bringing the projecting portions of the head over thebottom of the peripheral clamps-D at the sides of rectangular hole ccand in contact with projecting lugs a a, which prevent the bolt fromturning when nut F is being screwed up. I

Thus when the clamps now screw up nuts F on clamp-bolts E, which 1. Thecombination, with the rim of ave hicle-wheel, of a rubber tire made insections, peripheral or circular clamps holding the sections of rubberclosely together and securely to the rim; the said peripheral orcircular clamps having male and female ends for the purpose of joiningthem together and upon their inner surface at regular intervals a seriesof rectangular holes with internal lugs adjoining; bolts passing throughthe felly, rim'and bottom portion of the rubber tire having arectangular head inserted into said rectangular holes engaging saidinternal lugs substantially as shown and described.

2. In combination with the wheel of a vehicle provided with a metallicchanneled rim, of a tire consistingof several sections of rubberprovided with a hole molded longitudinally from end to end and upontheir inner or bot-tom surface at regular intervals, a series ofrectangular holes intersecting with the longitudinal hole, a tubularperipheral or circular clamp consisting of several sections insertedinto the longitudinal molded hole and corresponding with the rubbertire; said peripheral or circular clamps having a male and female endfor securing them together and provided upon their inner or bottomsurface, at regular intervals, with a series of rectangular slots orholes corresponding with rectangular holes in bottom of tire; upon thetangular head so adjusted as to come in contact with said lugs of saidtubular clamp for securing the parts together, substantially as shownand described.

JOHN G.'SORUP. Vitnesses:

OHAs. HERRMANN, J r., ELLIs O. MONTAG-UE.

